Robotics CEO Vows No Intervention in Humanoids’ Viral Trial Run

May 15, 2026 | Markets

Figure AI Inc.’s humanoid robots sorted packages for around 50 hours nonstop without intervention, Chief Executive Officer Brett Adcock said, a milestone in showing their ability to take on everyday tasks. “There’s absolutely no teleoperation into this,” Adcock said...

BofA’s Hartnett Says Stock Market Ripe for Profit Taking in June

May 15, 2026 | Markets

The stock market is ripe for profit-taking in early June due to investors crowding into equities and rising inflation risks, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. Growing price pressures are having a broad impact in the US, from energy and transportation...

Buybacks, Revamps, Deals: Firms Dig Deep to Fix Problem Private Credit Funds

May 14, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The troubled private credit funds, by most any measure, are a sliver of the assets of investing giants KKR & Co., BlackRock Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc. Yet as the firms’ most outward-facing vehicles during the $1.8 trillion market’s turbulent 2026,...

Hunt Oil Boss Sees Middle East Conflict as ‘Nightmare Scenario’

May 13, 2026 | Markets

Hunter Hunt, the grandson of famed Texas oil baron H.L. Hunt, is concerned about the impact from damaged Middle Eastern energy infrastructure that could leave oil production lower for years to come. In a fireside chat led by Lorie Logan, president of the Federal...

Treasury Buyers Get 5% Long Bond for First Time Since 2007

May 13, 2026 | Markets

Investors snagged 5% yields on 30-year Treasuries for the first time since 2007, as surging energy prices push inflation — and expectations for more of it — higher. A $25 billion auction of new 30-year bonds on Wednesday was awarded at 5.046% based on the yields that...

Anthropic In Talks to Raise $30 Billion at $900 Billion Valuation

May 12, 2026 | Markets

Anthropic PBC is in early talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for what could be its largest funding round yet. The Claude maker is in discussions to raise the new...